Christuskind als Salvator Mundi, Jan Saenredam (attributed to), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Title(s)

Christuskind als Salvator Mundi

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-27.286

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch R6-1(3)
  Remark: Matham

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Het Christuskind als Salvator Mundi, zittend op een kussen en omringd door een krans van cherubijnen.

Artist

• print maker: Jan Saenredam (attributed to)
• print maker: Jacob Matham (rejected attribution)
• after design by: Hendrick Goltzius (mentioned on object)
• Cornelius Schonaeus (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Jacob Matham (mentioned on object)
• Rudolf II van Habsburg (Duits keizer) (mentioned on object)

Place

Haarlem

Dating

1597

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 143 mm

What

• Christ-child ~ types of adult Christ
• 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Jacob Matham, dl. III, p. 262, cat.nr. R6